[mythtv-users] HELP!!! Sound lost from all but HDTV shows.

Thu Oct 4 02:15:20 UTC 2007

On 10/3/07, Marc <drayson at net1plus.com> wrote:
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> Sorry if this gets duplicated… But apparently the moderator has not approved
> my email from last night…
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> I need help..
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> I watched recordings Sunday night without any issues, Both recorded from
> HD-5000 and from PVR-350/500.
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> I watched a downloaded anime in Xine Sunday night, again without any issues.
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> Monday night Oct 1st  came home and watched an HD show and then went to
> watch a show from the PVR.. and I had no audio. Try as I might I could not
> get the audio to play at all.
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> I checked the anime I watched the night before, It too would not play audio.
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> I play any show recorded with the HD card and I get audio.
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> I send all my audio out through my SPDIF optical out from my Mobo.
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> Again I mention that I had not changed anything on my system in the past
> month prior to this happening. Attempting to resolve this I recompiled my
> kernel using alsa included with the kernel and not a separate package. Both
> were and are 1.0.14
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> Kernel : Linux version 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 (root at asgard) (gcc version 4.1.2
> (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.1)) #1 SMP Tue Oct 2 19:59:45 EDT 2007
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> Alsa : Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.14 (Thu May 31
> 09:03:25 2007 UTC).
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>
> lspci
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub
> Interface (rev 02)
>
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev
> 02)
>
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
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> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
>
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 02)
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> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 02)
>
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
>
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface
> Bridge (rev 02)
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> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev
> 02)
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> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
> (rev 02)
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> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
> (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX
> 5700LE] (rev a1)
>
> 02:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2
> Encoder (rev 01)
>
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet
> Controller (rev 01)
>
>
>
> lsmod
>
> Module                  Size  Used by
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> ipv6                  189092  16
>
> nvidia               6829716  24
>
> agpgart                19796  1 nvidia
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> snd_pcm_oss            32544  0
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> snd_mixer_oss          13056  1 snd_pcm_oss
>
> snd_intel8x0           24092  0
>
> snd_ac97_codec         71072  1 snd_intel8x0
>
> ac97_bus                2304  1 snd_ac97_codec
>
> snd_pcm                49284  3
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
>
> snd_timer              15108  1 snd_pcm
>
> snd                    30564  6
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>
> soundcore               4960  1 snd
>
> snd_page_alloc          7048  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> rtc                     9880  0
>
> lirc_streamzap         14340  1
>
> lirc_dev               12276  1 lirc_streamzap
>
> msp3400                24608  0
>
> saa7127                 9236  0
>
> saa7115                12816  0
>
> tuner                  46504  0
>
> ivtv                  103824  0
>
> firmware_class          7168  1 ivtv
>
> i2c_algo_bit            5124  1 ivtv
>
> cx2341x                 9348  1 ivtv
>
> tveeprom               13072  1 ivtv
>
> i2c_core               14208  8
> nvidia,msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
>
> videodev               23680  1 ivtv
>
> v4l2_common            12032  7
> msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
>
> v4l1_compat            12292  2 ivtv,videodev
>
> e100                   26764  0
>
> mii                     4096  1 e100
>
> xfs                   441700  1
>
> nfs                    90944  0
>
> lockd                  47496  1 nfs
>
> sunrpc                114556  2 nfs,lockd
>
> scsi_wait_scan          1792  0
>
> ata_piix               10884  8
>
> libata                 77620  1 ata_piix
>
> sbp2                   17416  0
>
> ohci1394               27824  0
>
> ieee1394               56888  2 sbp2,ohci1394
>
> sl811_hcd              10112  0
>
> usbhid                 21216  0
>
> ohci_hcd               16644  0
>
> uhci_hcd               18828  0
>
> usb_storage            59584  0
>
> ehci_hcd               24332  0
>
> usbcore                85896  8
> lirc_streamzap,sl811_hcd,usbhid,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
>
>
>
> aplay -l
>
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel ICH5]
>
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
> card 0: ICH5 [Intel ICH5], device 4: Intel ICH - IEC958 [Intel ICH5 -
> IEC958]
>
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
>
>
> aplay -L
>
> default:CARD=ICH5
>
>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
>
>     Default Audio Device
>
> front:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0
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>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
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>     Front speakers
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> surround40:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0
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>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
>
>     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
>
> surround41:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0
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>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
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>     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>
> surround50:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0
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>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
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>     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
>
> surround51:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0
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>     Intel ICH5, Intel ICH5
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>     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>
> null
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>     Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
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> As I said anything recorded from the HD card plays audio whether or not the
> actual source was a True HD show or it it was an NTSC broadcast recorded
> from a digital channel will play via passthrough.
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> Please help…
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> My only other option is that my receiver went bad but if that was the case
> then I don't think any of the passthrough should work…
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> Tell me if you need any more info…
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What brand of receiver do you have?  Is it set to automatically choose
the input format for each audio input?  I know my Yamaha can be set
to, for instance, only play Dolby Digital from an input, or can be set
to auto-detect what to play.